Speaker: Scott Duke Kominers (Harvard) Title: A Compact, Logical Approach to Large-Market Analysis Abstract: In game theory, we often use infinite models to represent "limit" settings, such as markets with a large number of agents or games with […]
Speaker: Daniel Wise (McGill University) Title: The Cubical Route to Understanding Groups Abstract: Cube complexes have come to play an increasingly central role within geometric group theory, as their connection to right-angled Artin groups provides a powerful […]
Speaker: Peter Shor (MIT) Title: Quantum Money from Lattices Abstract: Quantum money is a cryptographic protocol for quantum computers. A quantum money protocol consists of a quantum state which can be created (by the mint) and verified (by anybody with a quantum computer who knows what the "serial […]